Soap-truck clamp.



110.8%,926. PATENTBD JULY 21,1908. v.

F. H. HOTGHKISS.

SOAP TRUCK CLAMP.

AYPLIOATION FILED DEG. 5, 1904. RENEWED MAR. 9, 1908.

cibvr W1 TNESSES: JNVENTOR Al/omey UN STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK H. HOITCHKISS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HOWARD AMES, OFCHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SOAP-TRUCK CLAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 21, 1908.

Application filed December 5, 1904, Serial No. 235,597. Renewed March 9,1908. Serial No. 420,055.

To all whom it'may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK H. HOTCHKISS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Soap-Truck Clamp, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in soap-truck clamps, in which twoopposing jaws operate in conjunction with a double cam lever; and theobjects of my improvements are to provide soap-truck clamps that will,first, close and open readily, second, stay closed without slipping orloosening until intentionally opened, third, adjust themselves to theshrinkage and expansion of the soap-trucks on which they are placed;fourth, wear a long time and remain in good condition; fifth, neitherstrain nor injure nor break the wood ends of the soap-truck to whichthey are attached. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustratedin the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of asoap truck with my invention applied thereto. Figs. 2, 3,4, 5, and 5 aredetail views of various members of the clamp. I

Referring to the drawings :the numeral 1' designates a soap truck whichis mounted in the usual base 2 and consists of the end walls 3 and sidewalls 4, mounted upon the walls 4 near the ends thereof are thecorrugated wedge plates 5, the, corrugations of which are adapted to beengaged by the terminals 6 of the pivotally mounted iron clamps 7 whichare provided with the operating handle 8.

In order to hold the upper ends of the walls 4 in close contact with theends 3, I secure to the outer face of the walls 3, the plate 9 which isprovided with the enlarged eyes or loops 10 and the reduced eyes orloops '11 so that the oppositely operating clamping jaws l2 and 13 mayhave their enlarged portions 14- slide within the eyes 10 while theirreduced portions 15 slide within the eyes 11 and are guided so that thehooks or terminals 16 will engage the ends of the walls 4. Each one ofthe members 12 and 13 are of similar construction, the inner portions,however, being arranged oppositely so that they will work conjointly tobe projected or be withdrawn simultaneously, the said inner endsconsisting of the L shaped member 17 so that when assembled they willfit as clearly shown in Fig. 3, a pin 18 properly journaling the camlever 19 in the space 20 formed by the inner ends of the members 12 and13. By this means it can be seen that by operating the member 20 the cam21 will be moved so as to project or Withdraw the terminals of themembers 12 and 13 so as to engage or disengage the ends of the walls 4,and in order to properly adjust the throw, I mount the properly arrangedadjusting screw 22 in the ends of the cam surface, as clearly shown inFig. 3.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings I have shown a modified form of clamping jawsin which the members 23 are adapted to slide through staples 24 securedin any desired manner to the walls 3 of the truck, the said membersbeing provided with the angle arms or inner terminals 25 which areslotted as at 26 for the reception of the pivots 27 and 28 of the camlever 29 and the link or strap 30, respectively. It will thus be seenthat by operating the cam lever the terminals of the members 23 may beprojected or withdrawn as may be desired.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings itis evident that I provide a novel construction of soap truck providedwith novel means for holding the, Walls together, said means being soconstructed that the walls may be readily removed or quickly clamped andlocked together.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. Thecombination with a soap truck, consisting of a base and removable endand side walls, of corrugated Wedges secured at opposite sides of theends of the side walls, a pivoted clamp carried the end walls and havingits terminals engaging the corrugated wedges for holding the wallstogether, and adjustable clamps secured to the end walls near the u perends for engaging the side walls, as set orth.

2. The combination with a soap truck, consisting of a base and removableend and side Walls, of corrugated wedges secured at opposite sides ofthe ends of the side walls, a

pivoted clamp carried by the erid Walls-and Iii testimony whereof, Ihave hereii'nto aving its terminals engaging the corrugated signed myname to this specification in the 10 Wedges for holding the Wallstogether, and presence of two subscribing Witnesses. I adjustable clampssecui ed to the end Walls ANK H, HOTCHKISS 5 near the upper ends forengaging the side Walls, and means for holding the adjustable Witnesses:clam s in position and for operating the THOMAS H; PmLL Ps, inem erssimultaneously. IsIE M: TONE:

